Tall Story (IRE)
Owner: John Bowden Trainer: R O'Sullivan Sex: colt Age: 6
Breeding: Clodovil / Fantastic Account (Fantastic Light)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good To Firm in Places) | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in back straight) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 5 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 47 | 7 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2024 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 7f | 0 | Purring Along | 8st 12lbs | 27 of 27 | J M Sheridan | 66/1 |
| in rear of far side group, detached after 2f, weakened 3f out, eased 2 1/2f out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2024 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Hashtag Pretender | 11st 12lbs | 13 of 15 | T P Harney | 80/1 |
| always behind, not fluent 3rd, never a factor | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2024 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 1f 39y | 0 | Keilah | 8st 12lbs | 7 of 13 | J Cleary | 12/1 |
| mid-division, ridden in 10th 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2024 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f | 0 | Killeaney Bear | 8st 7lbs | 10 of 12 | J M Sheridan | 5/1 |
| in touch, progress to 3rd under 4f out, dropped to 4th over 1f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Jul 2024 | Fairyhouse | Good | 7f | 0 | Skontonovski | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 17 | J M Sheridan | 13/2 |
| prominent, 7th halfway, headway 2f out, 4th 1f out, ran on in2nd closing stages, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2024 | Roscommon | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f 96y | 0 | Gosford | 9st | 9 of 14 | J M Sheridan | 10/1 |
| dwelt slightly, soon rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, lost place and under pressure 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2024 | Gowran Park | Good | 1m | 0 | Stormie Outlook | 8st 12lbs | 5 of 15 | J M Sheridan | 8/1 |
| dwelt, pushed along and led, joined at halfway, ridden and led again 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, 2nd 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 May 2024 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Play It Again Zaam | 8st 12lbs | 3 of 16 | J M Sheridan | 9/1 |
| prominent, led and disputed after 2f, ridden 2f out, soon headed, no extra in 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Curragh | Soft to Heavy | 6f | 0 | Redshore City | 8st 12lbs | 11 of 28 | M P Sheehy | 16/1 |
| towards rear, ridden 2f out, soon no impression, modest late progress | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2024 | Leopardstown | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Speckled Meadow | 8st 9lbs | 10 of 20 | M P Sheehy | 18/1 |
| rear of mid-division, ridden and no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2024 | Curragh | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Global Energy | 8st 7lbs | 11 of 23 | Reserve 1 | 22/1 |
| rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2023 | Curragh | Heavy | 7f | 0 | Merisi Diamond | 9st 1lbs | 5 of 23 | Tom Kiely-Marshall | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to progress between horses and short of room over 2f out, disputed under 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, no extra in 4th 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2023 | Curragh | Soft to Heavy | 7f | 0 | Racing Royalty | 9st 1lbs | 4 of 22 | Tom Kiely Marshall | 11/1 |
| dwelt, tracked leaders, improved to lead 2f out, soon ridden, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 2023 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 1m | 0 | Magic Charm | 8st 9lbs | 2 of 21 | Tom Kiely Marshall | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along in 3rd 3f out, ridden in 5th 2f out, no impression in 4th 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2023 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 0 | Han Solo | 9st | 11 of 29 | M P Sheehy | 25/1 |
| towards rear on far side, ridden 3f out, no impression from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2023 | Curragh | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | The Very Man | 12st | 10 of 16 | Grainne O'Neill | 100/1 |
| 24 Jul 2023 | Ballinrobe | Yielding | 1m 1f 96y | 0 | Magnetic North | 9st 6lbs | 8 of 10 | M P Sheehy | 25/1 |
| dwelt slightly, towards rear, ridden and no impression over 2f out | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2023 | Bellewstown | Yielding | 7f 175y | 0 | Sunday Sovereign | 9st 11lbs | 7 of 18 | M P Sheehy | 20/1 |
| towards rear, ridden 2f out and headway on inner in 7th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2023 | Cork | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Talia | 9st 7lbs | 17 of 25 | Siobhan Rutledge | 10/1 |
| in rear of near side group, edged right under 2f out, ridden and no impression 1 1/2f out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 22 May 2023 | Roscommon | Good to Yielding (Yielding in back straight) | 7f 100y | 0 | Swiss Army Officer | 9st 10lbs | 11 of 18 | J Coen | 15/2 |
| towards rear, pushed along and rear of mid-division on inner 1 1/2f out, no impression inside final furlong, never a factor | |||||||||
| 01 May 2023 | Curragh | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 7f | 0 | Shimmerz | 8st 12lbs | 12 of 19 | J A Powell | 4/1 |
| towards rear, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, never a factor | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2023 | Curragh | Heavy | 6f | 0 | Midnight Fire | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 23 | M P Sheehy | 50/1 |
| mid-division, 14th 2f out, soon ridden, 10th 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, went 2nd at line, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2023 | Curragh | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1m | 0 | Razdan | 9st 2lbs | 15 of 22 | L F Roche | 14/1 |
| rear of mid-division, ridden 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2022 | Curragh | Heavy | 7f | 0 | Breezy Zoff | 9st 10lbs | 5 of 33 | J A Powell | 18/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden to press leaders 2f out, disputed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2022 | Naas | Soft | 1m 2f | 0 | Zola Sakura | 9st | of 19 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 05 Oct 2022 | Navan | Soft | 1m 2f | 0 | Red Trail | 9st 12lbs | 11 of 22 | G F Carroll | 14/1 |
| mid-division, 8th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Cork | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Lucky Queen | 9st 13lbs | 8 of 21 | G F Carroll | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, no impression over 1f out, no extra when short of room final 150 yards | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2022 | Laytown | Standard | 7f | 0 | Coeur d'Or | 10st 3lbs | of 13 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 06 Sep 2022 | Galway | Soft | 7f 24y | 0 | Pimstrel | 9st 12lbs | 6 of 19 | G F Carroll | 14/1 |
| broke well and disputed briefly, pushed along early, soon mid-division, ridden in 9th 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2022 | Curragh | Good (Good To Firm in Places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Smooth Tom | 10st 1lbs | 14 of 16 | J Coen | 25/1 |
| led, joined after 4f, headed over 3f out, ridden and no extra over 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 17 May 2022 | Sligo | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f 84y | 0 | Entropy | 9st 9lbs | 6 of 11 | J M Sheridan | 14/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, dropped to 4th and ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2022 | Limerick | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1m | 0 | Needle Lace | 9st 9lbs | 7 of 19 | G F Carroll | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, disputed 3f out, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, no impression in 5th 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2022 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m 1f 130y | 0 | Bay Of Bengal | 9st 9lbs | 6 of 17 | G F Carroll | 9/4 |
| tracked leaders, ridden in 6th 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2021 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 1m 1f | 0 | Tip Of The Spear | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 26 | G F Carroll | 16/5 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd from 4f out, challenged and on terms straight, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2021 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m | 0 | Secret Vision | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 19 | G F Carroll | 6/4 |
| pushed along early to be prominent, led after 1 1/2f, pushed along again over 2f out, ridden and headed under 2f out, soon no impression on winner, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2021 | Killarney | Soft | 1m 30y | 0 | Faithful Prince | 10st 2lbs | 2 of 18 | G F Carroll | 10/3 |
| broke well to lead, headed and raced 3rd after 1 1/2f, dropped to 5th and niggled along halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out, ran on strongly final furlong, just failed | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2021 | Gowran Park | Yielding (Good in places) | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Bonte Moi | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 20 | Reserve 1 | 28/1 |
| tracked leaders on inner, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway to 3rd over 1f out, soon no impression, kept on one pace, dropped to 4th close home | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2021 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 1m 1f | 0 | Oneiroi | 9st | of 24 | G F Carroll | 0/0 |
| 31 Jul 2021 | Galway | Good | 1m 73y | 0 | Kaaranah | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 15 | G F Carroll | 12/1 |
| broke well, soon mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden and no impression under 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2021 | Galway | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Black Cat Bobby | 9st 6lbs | 11 of 18 | G F Carroll | 9/1 |
| towards rear, no impression and not much room over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, never a factor | |||||||||
| 12 Jul 2021 | Killarney | Yielding | 1m 20y | 0 | Sassified | 9st 11lbs | 3 of 18 | G F Carroll | 5/1 |
| broke well to lead narrowly, headed after 1f, soon raced 4th, progress to 3rd over 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, no impression on leaders under 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2021 | Listowel | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Cisco Disco | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 9 | G F Carroll | 4/1 |
| rear, pushed along early, 8th halfway, pushed along in 6th over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd final 100 yards, kept on same pace, no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 31 May 2021 | Roscommon | Good to Yielding | 7f 55y | 0 | New Hill | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 16 | G F Carroll | 11/1 |
| rear of mid-division on inner, checked after 1f, 10th halfway, ridden and switched left 2f out, soon headway and went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on principals, stayed on same pace, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 05 May 2021 | Gowran Park | Yielding (Soft in places) | 1m | 0 | Agrimony | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 19 | Reserve 3 | 28/1 |
| waited with, soon rear of mid-division, 11th approaching straight, kept on same pace without threatening after | |||||||||
| 04 May 2021 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 7f | 0 | Bellagio Man | 9st 7lbs | of 19 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| 08 Apr 2021 | Gowran Park | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Stylistic Approach | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 16 | G F Carroll | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway and pushed along entering straight, soon ridden, no impression and carried left 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Earlswood | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 21 | G F Carroll | 50/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear and pushed along briefly, disputed 11th approaching straight, soon headway, kept on same pace without threatening from over 1f out | |||||||||